Weekend visitors to Hluhluwe were witness to a great battle between two elephant bulls. BHEKI SHANGASE captured these photos as the elephants fought it out, tusk to tusk. Bheki, who told SAPeople he is new to wildlife photography, shot some powerful photos of this once-in-lifetime experience. He describes the encounter as “absolute chaos” as the two bulls – […]

South African billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has been featured by the wildly popular ‘Humans of New York’, alongside his model mother – and date for the evening – at the New York Met Gala. Instead of the interview that usually accompanies his photos, ‘Humans of New York’ photographer Brandon Stanton instead posted an insightful quote from Elon’s […]

Although extremely fatigued after their long journey to South Africa, the 33 rescued circus lions from South America look happy to be back where they belong! According to reports from Animal Defenders International (ADI), the organisation which led the rescue, the lions are all healthy after their long journey to Emoya Big Cat Sanctuary from Colombia […]

As Johnny Clegg wraps up his North American tour, a Canadian fan has reached out to South Africans to say ‘thank you’ for sharing the awesome performer with the rest of the planet. Clegg – founder of legendary bands Juluka and Savuka – has just completed a fantastic tour with his son, Jesse, that included shows in […]

KwaZulu-Natal professional photographer EMIL VON MALTITZ has captured this incredible timelapse footage of South Africa’s majestic Drakensberg Mountain range. The video is a labour of love from Emil, who runs wildlife and landscape photographic workshops in several parts of South Africa and elsewhere on the continent. The backing song is ‘uKuthula’, performed by the Cape Town […]

South African pro surfer Bianca Buitendag throws some fresh perspective onto arguably Africa’s best left… at Skeleton Bay in Namibia. The 27-year-old begins the video by quoting the African proverb: “I envy the man who has not yet put his foot in Africa… because he has so much to look forward to…” The breathtaking footage […]

A waitress in Cape Town is due to receive a tip this week of R44,777.70… thanks to the kindness of strangers who were shocked, and moved to action, after a #RhodesMustFall activist from Oxford University, Ntokozo Qwabe, bragged online about having brought her to tears with a comment on his table’s bill. After Qwabe’s rather lengthy explanation online […]

The absolute joy of a former circus lion touching down on African soil has been captured in a photo at Emoya Big Cats sanctuary in South Africa. A photograph of the first lion to be released, ‘Iron’, was published on social media by Animal Defenders International (ADI) Sunday, with the following message: “Iron enjoys what is clearly a […]

Here are some of the things that non-Greeks may not know about Greek Easter: We don’t do bunnies. We don’t do chocolate. We don’t do pastels. We do lamb, sweet cookies, and deep red. The lamb is roasted and not chocolate, the sweet cookies are called Koulourakia and are twisted like a braid, and our […]

The North Gauteng (Pretoria) High Court has Friday found that the NPA’s decision to drop 783 charges of corruption against President Jacob Zuma was irrational, and have added that the South African president should face his charges. A full bench of judges – led by Deputy Judge President Aubrey Ledwaba – gave the go-ahead for […]

South African Post Office (SAPO) CEO Mark Barnes has responded to the threat of a PO strike next week. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has announced a planned strike on Thursday and Friday, before they begin an indefinite strike, over the lack of salary increases in the past two years. The decision to strike was […]

South Africans celebrated Freedom Day with mixed feelings. While some rejoiced in the freedoms of today, others expressed disappointment in the President and government of the day. Here are some pictures and messages from SAPeople members that summed up the sentiments of many South Africans celebrating 22 years of freedom: For some freedom means being imprisoned in […]

Here’s sportmanship at its best – two tough rugby players setting a great example. The Sharks’ Willie Le Roux and Highlanders’ Jason Emery… after the horrendous tackle on Friday in New Zealand. Jason tweeted to Willie: “again, just want 2 apologise for what happened 2night. I’m just thankful u came out of that collision ok & continued […]

Following the storm in Cape Town over the weekend, massive waves rolled in and lured body boarders and surfers out for a ride… and many spectacular wipeouts! DAVID MCMASTER filmed and edited the following video with some “mind blowing” waves at Camps Bay beach on Saturday morning… Watch Video: Camps Bay Carnage https://vimeo.com/163984150

Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula announced Monday that he has revoked the right of Athletics South Africa (ASA), Cricket SA (CSA), Netball SA (NSA) and SA Rugby Union (SARU) to host international tournaments because of their failure to reach the agreed transformation targets. He said the measures are to speed up transformation which is vital morally and […]

Watch the full versions of Al Jazeera’s interviews with South African opposition leaders Julius Malema (EFF) and Mmusi Maimane (Democratic Alliance) which have been making headlines in the press over the past few days. In his interview with ‘Talk to Al Jazeera’, Malema talks about being ready to remove the Zuma ANC government by force if necessary, going as […]

South Africa’s famous Dungeons delivered some 6+ metre swells on Saturday. Local photographer ROBYN GWILT was lucky enough to get a boat ride from Hout Bay out to the legendary Big Wave Surf Spot. “These guys have balls to get towed out there,” says Robyn. “…and then dumped in the middle of it all to ride […]

Twenty-year-old Brad Binder has become the first South African to win a Moto 3 GP race in 36 years in an incredible performance that saw him take the lead at the 2016 Spanish Moto3 Grand Prix, after starting stone last. “Take a bow, Brad Binder,” said one British commentator who claimed it was the most incredible […]

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has revealed that the directors of VFS, the company which processes – and profits – from foreigners’ visa applications to visit South Africa, are allegedly President Jacob Zuma’s son Duduzane Zuma and Rajesh Gupta (one of the Gupta brothers). The Shadow Minister of Home Affairs, Haniff Hoosen, exposed the directors’ names in parliament yesterday. […]

When international wedding photographer Luca Barausse wanted to propose to his girlfriend, he not only took her on a romantic road trip to the mountain kingdom of Lesotho, he also very cleverly had her film the proposal… and she had no idea! (Watch video below.) “Being a photographer I wanted to capture the moment somehow and a friend […]

President Jacob Zuma has released the report by the Commission of Inquiry, who were appointed in November 2011 to investigate allegations of Fraud, Corruption, Impropriety or Irregularity in the Strategic Defence Procurement Package (the Arms Procurement Commission), saying they found no evidence of wrongdoing. “There are no such findings (of wrongdoing) and the Commission does […]

A bossy lemur in Madagascar shows just how to get your back scratched when you want it! This cute video was uploaded a couple of days ago to Facebook by Madagascar community page Malagasy ve ianao, saying: “So no need to explain anymore why we call it ‘Chief’.” Watch ‘Chief’ Lemur ask – well demand – to […]

An open letter from Oakbay employees to the chief executive officers of ABSA, FNB, Standard Bank and Nedbank was sent on Tuesday pleading with the banks to reopen their accounts before the end of May… or Oakbay’s business will close. The workers say they have done nothing wrong and “how will we feed our families?” […]

African National Congress member of parliament, Strike Ralegoma, has called for the Springbok emblem to be removed from national team rugby jerseys in favour of there being one emblem – the Protea – for all South Africa’s sports teams. Ralegoma made the call Tuesday during a meeting of South Africa’s parliamentary portfolio committee on sport and recreation. […]

In breaking news Tuesday, the Democratic Alliance (DA) has announced that Ghaleb Cachalia, son of struggle stalwarts Amina and Yusuf Cachalia, has been unveiled as their Ekurhuleni mayoral candidate. In a statement today, Cachalia said he “gratefully accepts” the DA nomination and is ready to bring change to Ekurhuleni (the East Rand region of Gauteng) in […]